Leo gave out a sigh of 533Please respect copyright.PENANAkkt1e8FIbY
relief when he went in through the front door and leaned on it after 533Please respect copyright.PENANAiv3cidJebI
closing it. All he wanted now was to lock himself in the house and never533Please respect copyright.PENANAWALVUPCwye
get out at all. His meeting with Kim turned out to be worse than he had533Please respect copyright.PENANAyKReH810Hg
expected. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAbvKrHXaj4U
When Leo had told her 533Please respect copyright.PENANA3PLfS8tOVe
that they couldn't go on with their relationship, Kim had blown a fuse. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAvQpxUYBgDP
And her pretty face had turned ugly in a matter of seconds. He could 533Please respect copyright.PENANAHKwn91WbbS
still remember her face and how angry she really was. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAdXlHIRu1Dt
"What happened Leo? Why did you say that? Did I do something wrong to change your mind all of the sudden? Tell me, Leo!" Kim had asked, at a point where tears almost dropped down her cheeks.533Please respect copyright.PENANADKZW4mMV19
Leo couldn't tell Kim 533Please respect copyright.PENANARUCattTI0G
the whole truth that he had fallen in love with someone else. The sad 533Please respect copyright.PENANALtx8vuayv8
look Kim gave him had also made him feel bad. He tried to make up 533Please respect copyright.PENANA0uHScqqMIw
excuses saying that time had finally given him a chance to think about 533Please respect copyright.PENANA79sMPp7J1M
their relationship and that it just wasn't working out. Kim had denied 533Please respect copyright.PENANAR5FxS9QUDX
his lame excuse and demanded she know the truth because she didn't 533Please respect copyright.PENANAbrdE8yb6gz
believe him at all.533Please respect copyright.PENANAfnNmp1U9n4
"Tell me now, Leo! 533Please respect copyright.PENANA3ylrCLV4gf
Tell me the truth because right now I can't believe such an excuse 533Please respect copyright.PENANApuNDY03FKG
coming from you. I want to know what you're hiding from me, right now!" Kim had looked like punching Leo on the face when she said all that.533Please respect copyright.PENANAOTxmfjht9W
"What do you want me to tell you?" Leo had asked Kim, trying to sound as convincing as he possibly could. "I have thought a lot these past days and I don't feel we can continue with all this."533Please respect copyright.PENANAVDPXT2R9f3
"What! You're still 533Please respect copyright.PENANACQN37Jxsa3
telling me all this! How dumb do you think I am, Leo? We have been 533Please respect copyright.PENANAzKHyEsXX0H
together since we were kids and we know each other very well. We fell in533Please respect copyright.PENANAi4O9W2Lh1j
love with each other, and now you're telling me you don't love me 533Please respect copyright.PENANAj3vep3fxud
anymore?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAm2lx6R6cYj
"It isn't like that. We can still be friends and nothing more." Leo had suggested, but Kim still hadn't taken it lightly as she shook her head.533Please respect copyright.PENANAZnzxwYN7iZ
"There is someone 533Please respect copyright.PENANA3Il0CMEFdF
else, is there? I know there is someone else and you don't want to tell 533Please respect copyright.PENANAE8mUxWhGNI
me. Tell me now if there's someone else or else I won't forgive you, 533Please respect copyright.PENANApQ1HfOiPRs
Leo!"533Please respect copyright.PENANAatc83KCy3D
Leo had been frustrated 533Please respect copyright.PENANAIfi6d0TvIP
and he had told her time and time again that there was no one else. The 533Please respect copyright.PENANAOFCBcECcHu
conversation was going no where as Leo had kept on denying and Kim had 533Please respect copyright.PENANAJl7nI5IXhp
kept on persisting. Leo had finally given up and decided to leave. As 533Please respect copyright.PENANATVvlBippIB
for Kim, she didn't want him to leave and threatened him if he ever 533Please respect copyright.PENANAWqBrlRPOx9
tried to. Leo had rolled his eyes at her petty threats and decided to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAS1SLVdakTj
get into his car. When Leo had turned on his car engine, Kim had stood 533Please respect copyright.PENANA1vSyIyOKU0
in front of his car and gave him a warning. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAfvKC5FHzgc
"I'll find out the 533Please respect copyright.PENANANrGr3ps9Bv
truth, Leo. And if I find out that you've been lying to me, I'll make 533Please respect copyright.PENANAFGfzEsrqph
sure you and your girlfriend are going to pay! I swear you will regret 533Please respect copyright.PENANA15oFQSTJyY
lying to me!"533Please respect copyright.PENANAc000ax3XtF
For a moment, her threat533Please respect copyright.PENANAx7Sdxj4Lo9
had seemed real and she had looked like a psychopath in front of his 533Please respect copyright.PENANAp6eIrKd4rA
car. But later on, Leo had brushed it off. And when Kim had stepped out 533Please respect copyright.PENANAB4Z14D2pGB
of the way, Leo sped off. Now that he was home and was thinking over 533Please respect copyright.PENANA4OkEfJI2qP
what Kim had said, he couldn't help but think if Kim's threat was really533Please respect copyright.PENANAuIePc7Hg4L
genuine or not.533Please respect copyright.PENANASXGEjH2e3x
He was about to ascend 533Please respect copyright.PENANAKzK5eh4Uf3
up the stairs when he heard a car coming up the driveway. He looked out 533Please respect copyright.PENANAVWOvnmPMer
of the window and he saw his mother and his aunt, Diana getting out of 533Please respect copyright.PENANAPAgnBFBycv
the car with shopping bags in their hands. As they walked up to the 533Please respect copyright.PENANAHFuS9lnNtl
front doorstep, Leo opened the door for them and they got inside 533Please respect copyright.PENANAZYbGaMHoMb
thanking Leo for getting the door.533Please respect copyright.PENANA3jfvzimxo6
"Well, you're home early, Leo," said Diana. "A boring day at work or what?"533Please respect copyright.PENANADQrPNQZcFO
"No, I'm just from meeting Kim," answered Leo. 533Please respect copyright.PENANANhlr1wT9Tc
"That's good, Leo," said Mrs McDonell, looking at her son with a smile. "So, tell us. When will be the date of the wedding?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAqTkBNaeTmw
"Sorry, mum," said Leo boldly. "But there will be no wedding."533Please respect copyright.PENANAj9AiZ9sIyk
Diana and Mrs McDonell 533Please respect copyright.PENANATsBeHvxkIP
looked at Leo with their eyes almost dropping out of their sockets. The 533Please respect copyright.PENANAMGVUIjnGDn
bags from Mrs McDonell's bags dropped to the floor and no one seemed to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAqdZzhRHDx8
matter if there were any breakable items in one of them.533Please respect copyright.PENANA3kAckdPHWh
"What!" Mrs McDonell almost shrieked and Leo almost held his ear because of her voice. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAjcqGSrEalD
"You heard me right, mum. There will be no wedding. Kim and I broke up."533Please respect copyright.PENANA3N7GNjEwCm
"But.....but, you two 533Please respect copyright.PENANAR4VW1H23U9
were the perfect couple," said Mrs McDonell, starting to freak out, "how533Please respect copyright.PENANASVai937RFT
could this happen? Did she break up with you?"533Please respect copyright.PENANASp8xxPCkhM
"No, I broke up with her. Sorry, if it hurts you, mum, but this is my life and I thought it was best for the both us."533Please respect copyright.PENANAj6BmVC8HiH
"Oh no," Mrs McDonell 533Please respect copyright.PENANAOyFgjRhOph
was really freaking out as she waved her hand in front of her face as 533Please respect copyright.PENANAWfQD9Axrv8
she couldn't breathe. "This can't be happening, I can't breathe. Please 533Please respect copyright.PENANAPt2oKCWQ8N
tell me it's not true, Diana."533Please respect copyright.PENANAv91cmRQRLN
"I'm afraid it is," said533Please respect copyright.PENANA0Nolx5hpSW
Diana. "You just sit down, Bertha. You look like a hot air ballon at 533Please respect copyright.PENANAXEAYTBLEdK
the moment. You need to calm down."533Please respect copyright.PENANA5hm4cFNN7X
"How did this happen, Leo?" Mrs McDonell asked, ignoring Diana. "Why did you make such a decision? Don't you love Kim anymore?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAL62nt3k2Q4
"I can't tell you now, mum," said Leo. "All I need is time for myself now. I'll tell you later on, okay?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAXi1JbcIkz0
When Leo tried to leave 533Please respect copyright.PENANAtMUpZCJLCS
to go up to his room, his mother held his arm to stop him. Leo looked 533Please respect copyright.PENANAdQ7qhx6d44
angrily at his mother and his mother also gave him the same look. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAOUKFGvm4Wd
"You're not going any 533Please respect copyright.PENANAuE1FVsEsy4
where, Leo," said Mrs McDonell through her teeth. "You're going to tell 533Please respect copyright.PENANArhWOiFXVIt
me right now what's going on in that head of yours!"533Please respect copyright.PENANA952OWNFSHV
"I don't have to explain533Please respect copyright.PENANAZKpHrX5ixJ
anything to you," said Leo. "Let go of me, mum. I'm not going to tell 533Please respect copyright.PENANArw966VN1JX
you if you keep on acting like a maniac."533Please respect copyright.PENANAcjAZaphNoP
"This isn't you, Leo. How could you make such a decision? Did you bump your head before seeing her or what?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAAVVk052g8X
"You're so unbearable, mum. This is why I don't tell you anything."533Please respect copyright.PENANAX1pibuJNWd
Leo quickly got away 533Please respect copyright.PENANApt0cGZKgU4
from his mother's grip and headed out of the front door. Mrs McDonell 533Please respect copyright.PENANAebPVpMui95
followed him out of the door and stood by the doorstep calling out to 533Please respect copyright.PENANAlvAXfTYPTM
him.533Please respect copyright.PENANAVhZ7H1jNkU
"Leo! Leo! Get back here right now!" Mrs McDonell called out to her son. "If you don't I swear you will not like me one bit!"533Please respect copyright.PENANA0a0Qd0YKOF
Leo rolled his eyes as 533Please respect copyright.PENANAaSs8BVQOAk
he got to his car and went in. His mother kept on calling out to him and533Please respect copyright.PENANAxzhcIx5I8X
Leo turned on the engine to block out his mother's shouting. He turned 533Please respect copyright.PENANALTWBkf92RL
the car around and drove out of the driveway. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAPoMolbhXaB
***533Please respect copyright.PENANAZn2MTImE3I
The533Please respect copyright.PENANAiug88asm9I
photograph of Carly, Angel and their mother having a good time at the 533Please respect copyright.PENANAc770CakmkJ
park a few years ago, made Carly realise how much of a fool she has been533Please respect copyright.PENANAu8xPqabKou
this whole time. The three women in the picture were so happy and they 533Please respect copyright.PENANArGuR6Rk6lo
were united like a real family. But now, they were disbanded. Her mother533Please respect copyright.PENANAg7tRIU2d1u
was gone and the two sisters weren't even talking to each other.533Please respect copyright.PENANASHjiebN1KN
Carly533Please respect copyright.PENANAFTvFQX6qH3
packed the picture frame with the photograph in the card box along with533Please respect copyright.PENANAYDtgAa57Sg
the other memorable items. And as she looked around her empty room full533Please respect copyright.PENANAFx5ypnKrkO
of card boxes, she couldn't help but break down. Even though her mother533Please respect copyright.PENANAQNcLomicMA
leaving had hurt her, leaving this house hurt just as much. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAtnrovGHvsg
Angel533Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7ngrRLq5Z
and Carly had never known that their mother had mortgaged the house. 533Please respect copyright.PENANAIBcPVn11Hl
And when their mother had passed on, the bank had immediately taken the 533Please respect copyright.PENANAakqpsPvpbc
house and that was two days after their mother died and Angel was still 533Please respect copyright.PENANAEFb2vivz1e
in hospital. It was hard for Carly to tell Angel since her sister was 533Please respect copyright.PENANAGMWbavoLsg
still recovering.533Please respect copyright.PENANANAaMRbLC6D
Right533Please respect copyright.PENANAMFcXKxTDgg
now, she regretted not telling Angel earlier. It looked like Angel was 533Please respect copyright.PENANAaHKU6wQlNz
even more upset than ever after hearing the news and didn't want to talk533Please respect copyright.PENANAAZUy8sEdH9
to her sister anymore. And that hurt Carly even more.533Please respect copyright.PENANADWOrKVliFt
As533Please respect copyright.PENANABpwCidzHjs
Carly looked around her room to see if everything was all packed up, 533Please respect copyright.PENANA1MUzy4Hoc3
she noticed Mr McDonell enter the room. She turned to fully face him and533Please respect copyright.PENANAHMxfgSLfvK
he had a sad look on his face as well.533Please respect copyright.PENANA4YkFixvjpu
"I533Please respect copyright.PENANAT77UPQKEkA
know this is hard for you to deal with, Carly," said Mr McDonell. "I 533Please respect copyright.PENANAXFKHgGxKU9
wish I could have helped you if I had known all of this earlier."533Please respect copyright.PENANAVqis84Ybk4
"Don't533Please respect copyright.PENANAL1NnjNirNl
blame yourself, Mr McDonell," said Carly, "all of this is my fault. I 533Please respect copyright.PENANAIBJq5gZmj2
should have told either you or Angel to avoid any problems."533Please respect copyright.PENANANTg2GpFEkx
"Don't worry about it. I will make sure to work everything out. I did promise your mother that I will help you out in anyway."533Please respect copyright.PENANA5zrjums5Nw
"You've done a lot for us. And I really appreciate it."533Please respect copyright.PENANAz21OYxA1aC
"I'm glad to help you out. Your mother was a great friend of mine. And I'm glad to help in any way."533Please respect copyright.PENANAngTNzjXfC8
Carly533Please respect copyright.PENANA3hS4LM4Gh1
gave Mr McDonell a little smile and looked around her room filled with 533Please respect copyright.PENANAMsV5AM7vMN
so many memories. It broke her heart to finally leave this place she had533Please respect copyright.PENANA0gkzOI0s0I
called home for years. She felt Mr McDonell place her hand on her 533Please respect copyright.PENANAXxKBXIsCNW
shoulder for comfort. She turned to face him and tears welled up in her 533Please respect copyright.PENANAWCT0TTg2v1
eyes.533Please respect copyright.PENANA4wLOtxU9Qe
"The truck is outside," said Mr McDonell. "We better let the loaders do their work. Is everything in your sister's room packed?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAihPYAvBRGT
"Yes, I packed up stuff in Angel's room and my mother's yesterday. We better leave."533Please respect copyright.PENANA1R19fvW92i
"Yes,533Please respect copyright.PENANAX26i4Y7RYr
of course. They will bring the stuff to our house. Don't worry about 533Please respect copyright.PENANAKjfUnnJXRm
it. You just get your suitcases and we will take them straight to my 533Please respect copyright.PENANAS0tZF7vrGz
place. Your sister and Eric should be there by now."533Please respect copyright.PENANAbrf0ZCghLZ
"Okay, lets go."533Please respect copyright.PENANAoAq4Xwe02p
Carly533Please respect copyright.PENANAxbmEIePVc6
took her suitcase which was right next to the door of her room. Mr 533Please respect copyright.PENANAZfyfxllFQi
McDonell had already left the room first and Carly took her last look at533Please respect copyright.PENANA4a3MUu43op
her room and she couldn't help but cry silently as she walked out of 533Please respect copyright.PENANAObtnLfgnNe
the room dragging her suitcase behind her.533Please respect copyright.PENANADsobfoHHte
***533Please respect copyright.PENANADgj3RzCXLV
"I533Please respect copyright.PENANAuS8l4NphtV
know I'm going to sound selfish when I say this, but I'm so happy that 533Please respect copyright.PENANAoB6iGvIojt
you're coming to live with us, Angel," said Eric as he looked over at 533Please respect copyright.PENANA5wkxDF3AA2
her in the car. 533Please respect copyright.PENANALBfVEqL92M
Angel,533Please respect copyright.PENANAM4w9aV5hTP
whose eyes were outside the window faced Eric. Eric noticed the heavy 533Please respect copyright.PENANAoNLBURWrve
bags under her eyes as if she hadn't slept for weeks. He couldn't help 533Please respect copyright.PENANAQnUqstZhNH
but feel sorry for her because he knew how stressed out she was.533Please respect copyright.PENANA89CG1e0yIn
"I don't like it when you look like that. You look like the zombie who just came back from the dead."533Please respect copyright.PENANASwlhF0QUbr
"Very533Please respect copyright.PENANAzog3Z2WbH7
funny, Eric," said Angel, rolling her eyes. "All I need right now is to533Please respect copyright.PENANASrUbucyzqB
find a place to hide and never come out. I'll be a vampire in hiding if533Please respect copyright.PENANAjGTScP5fCE
I have to."533Please respect copyright.PENANAhJXhIAXO0i
"That's silly and you know it. All you need is time."533Please respect copyright.PENANAU6W1ioTFFD
"Time is the best healer for a reason," said Angel, sounding sarcastic. 533Please respect copyright.PENANA8MoQqjQOfo
"Don't533Please respect copyright.PENANAp6VvurSQ04
worry. I'll make sure you'll get over all this. Since I now have enough533Please respect copyright.PENANAjmIkbKUqju
time to take care of you now that you're staying with us. Isn't that 533Please respect copyright.PENANARFyULZvNvU
right, grandma?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAoOq9yojHAc
Amanda533Please respect copyright.PENANA9buY3w0SLJ
who sat in between Angel and Eric looked up at Eric and said, "well, 533Please respect copyright.PENANAYnYgBTZm3C
you seem eager to make Angel happy and comfortable. I have no problem 533Please respect copyright.PENANAECLfPlg6cW
with that. But the person who should be doing all this is Leo and not 533Please respect copyright.PENANA7oqwcsLJhn
you."533Please respect copyright.PENANAgpLzoraksI
Eric533Please respect copyright.PENANAz8R9u8gze3
and Angel looked at Amanda and then at each other. Amanda looked 533Please respect copyright.PENANA5w5FykuY6g
puzzled as the two shared a look she couldn't understand. But they knew 533Please respect copyright.PENANAlo5Niet5TU
why.533Please respect copyright.PENANAjHazOh0ILb
"What?533Please respect copyright.PENANA69WThAMrzC
Have I said something wrong?" Amanda asked. "Why are you two looking at533Please respect copyright.PENANAUEqiJVuXaY
each other as if I mentioned a ghost of a dead man?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAqMsY6QUx6A
"It's nothing, Amanda," said Angel, "but why do you suggest that Leo should take care of me?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAzSPYZRvZoN
"He533Please respect copyright.PENANAxK3CPraVmK
was the one who got you in this accident in the first place," said 533Please respect copyright.PENANA3d0m6ngU5d
Amanda, "Leo is stubborn and big headed, but he isn't a bad person once 533Please respect copyright.PENANAyH1kQu67LR
you get to know him."533Please respect copyright.PENANAdfwhVaTu6A
"I beg to differ," whispered Angel under her breath as she remembered the day of the accident.533Please respect copyright.PENANAt3unZjDRGQ
"Did you say something?" Amanda asked Angel.533Please respect copyright.PENANAb78x3R2uTs
"Oh, no. Nothing."533Please respect copyright.PENANAcdnKDlUsV3
"Anyway," continued Amanda. "You will love our house. I know you will need some adjusting, but you will get over it."533Please respect copyright.PENANAwNJYTsQD4f
All533Please respect copyright.PENANAOiMfdVGSRS
Angel could do was smile at Amanda, but as soon as she looked out the 533Please respect copyright.PENANArLheT7Q7T9
window, her smile completely faded. She hadn't noticed when the car had 533Please respect copyright.PENANAIBovslpjSl
turned to enter into a driveway and in front of her stood a magnificent 533Please respect copyright.PENANAYoeyDA92f8
house. Looked more like a mansion. Angel's jaw suddenly dropped. She had533Please respect copyright.PENANAsQoDJpCZhD
never seen such a house ever in her life.533Please respect copyright.PENANAYVQIVGH0k5
"This is our house," said Amanda to Angel. "Lovely, isn't it?"533Please respect copyright.PENANAbsjiNbxcrt
"Ummm, yes, it really is," Angel replied, trying not to act surprised.533Please respect copyright.PENANAJe6iIxxnP1
"Well, I'm glad. Eric, dear, please get out of the car and help us ladies, okay?"533Please respect copyright.PENANADdLHDCfqOo
"Alright, grandma," said Eric as he got out of the car.533Please respect copyright.PENANAnwEY3327y2
Angel533Please respect copyright.PENANAL7xgQpZXNS
looked back at the house before her. And all she could imagine was what533Please respect copyright.PENANAsV5SKq4lR7
would happen now that she was going to stay in the same house with Leo.533Please respect copyright.PENANAvNNqIgeXJy
A chill ran down her spine at the thought and she could tell a war 533Please respect copyright.PENANAS1gVLjccDb
would begin anytime soon.